Sylvain Bonniol was born in 1976 and resides in Nantes, France.
After completing a Master’s degree in the Art College of Nantes-Metropole, he is currently a freelence photographer and works on both commercial and personnal projects.
Questioning the notion of territory, his approach between art and documentary photography aims to explore the relationship of men at work with closed industrial, scientific and architectural environments.
His works is regularly published and shown in exhibitions, including Voies off Arles, IPA awards USA, Festival USIMAGES, International Design Biennal of Saint Etienne, Editions de la Martinière.

In 2015, Sylvain Bonniol was given artistic « carte blanche » to photograph STX shipyard in Saint-Nazaire during 3 years. In january 2018 he presents his book Visages d’un chantier naval published by Editions de la Martinière.